I bought it in 1978, did a bunch of preservative measures, Had a 2.4 with S pistons and solex cams built, by Ralph Meaney, Drove the crap out of it and then one night...new wife, hates my junker, I sell it to a friend, He does nothing to it, Flash Forward last year I did a Turbo engine , and his wife insists I take that 914...OK so still in my name title never even signed, Its back at my house..
I ruined my moms garden sprayer spraying Imron Irish green in the cavity's and even drilled 1.0 holes for access, behind the seats and every other box, after scraping the floors and not so hell hole.

Originally from Steamboat Springs Colorado

I think you just got a winning lottery ticket Cool story. Good thing you did all that work back then eh ?

Wow! Great job on the rust prevention, as shown today!

Did your Mom ever forgive you?

Jeff,
You gotta be a happy fellow!
Tom

Sweet! We all talk about the car we never should have sold...

The motor and trans I put in another 914 and still have the combo,
trans is number matching, The 2.0 I put in a friends 911, I don't give a shit about it. Last I saw it was froze full of water...but its out there somewhere..

That is so cool Jeff!

Wow, great looking car, 2.4 with s cams sounds like a blast in a lightweight 914

The reminds me I need to PM you about something we talked about a year ago too...

Great story! Cool ride!!

Awesome Jeff but I think we need more pictures of the car, floor pan and engine compartment only

Nice, but the color? Didn't know you liked green cars.

Way to go Jeff!! Doing things right the first time pays off again.

So,. . . just how many -6s are you legally able to own at one time?? I think you are over your limit

Congrats!!

So cool! The one that got away... didn't.

We need more pictures!!

Irish Green Though I am sure my car will be Light Ivory, Irish Green is always in the back of my mind....

It needs these pieces , plus left rear quarter panel.
The storage keeper, sold the front hood. no biggy.

lot's-o-NOS.

k

Nice car! Who's that skinny kid?

You should put 7's on it.

Will Do ... 1 inch makes a diff, ask around

I am also wondering where the oil tank and relay board went:

planning on 3 trips to the frame rack, driving to and from

So,. . . just how many -6s are you legally able to own at one time?? I think you are over your limit


This is the Evergreen State. I think if they all green there is no limit.

The left front was wrecked when I bought it, but repaired, and new paint on the whole 914, Well, first things first to right a wrong I knew existed ,since I bought it in 1978.
Luckily they did such a bad job, that the OG parts they used could be salvaged as new parts, recycled.
A few spot brazing blobs and a paint job

I knew it when I bought it, and spent a bit of time with a torch and hammers, chisels and various tools when 18 to sorta make it right in appearance in the trunk.
pretty much in vain..

fast forward, dissection, Heat braze remove new parts, blast and spray spies hecker primer, hammer, and drill out spot welds, notice the remanants of the factory smashed bits Good reference point though.. I hate brass But it did save the replaced parts that were badly installed.

I could not save the new replacement fender as it was poorly spliced on top of the remanents of the OG fender..
more brass...yay

Really exciting find, good luck with this one

Brass

Ya I'm just finishing up on a 280 SL that was completely destroyed with brass. Every panel. Ruined.

After much thought, I decided that I didn't have the elbow to bang this shit out, So I pulled from the archives a left front corner from an Irish Green six, that was totaled and was a GM test car, that may been a pace car, that the last owner had restored and crashed very badly, any how, Sectioning has been done. Also, my NOS right front fender, Does Not Fit, It appears to be a very early fender with the weird profile at the cowl... Maybe I should have spliced the fender ??
Na, glad to have a full fender replacement... A little mod necessary, but still NOS
full front fender.. oh and its Euro, no side marker holes..
The front 6 inches appears to be pushed down about 8mm. I will tack it all together until it gets straight.

Don't get me wrong, Lots of grinding and fitting left to do...

The six was Irish green / metallic blue and was purchased and painted the bright blue that was wrecked was for sale in excellence as X GM test car ?????
I bought the front clip and various pieces from Chicago Auto Werkes in 199???something.

The fender and the front corner are going down to get stripped chemically,
For a glimpse of the next part of the story, I cant believe how rust free this six is.............
Telephone Pole meet Mister Sixxxxxxx..

I think we can save the outer long and threshold, but will need a new inner long as it did all the folding.

On its way to get many pulls...

Jeff it is good to see you saving this one, it is too nice.

As always Jeff. Excellent work!

Made it to the shop, will get started in a week or so, I have to get to Utah...

mark's shop or the one in renton?

snohomish, secret squirrel

"secret squirrel". is that code or the name of the biz?

No he does his own insurance buys and sells...

Well, that didn't work out...travel time, he got busy, car off and on the rack...
Fuch It..bought this...

Swiss made

914 the door opening was almost one inch short from embracing a telephone pole..

edit; the door opening

Inner long cut out, trying to pull floor straight..
The burn line on the floor is how far the inner long folded in, It is burnt from plasma cutting to remove the damaged inner long.

After a lot of pulling here and there..
Hasn't had a right door in 30 years.. closer

Next step the cowl section is still pushed over..

before inner

Nice score on the Caroliner and Unic! I had one of those Unic lifts when I had my shop. It works awesome!

I wanted to be sure you were thinking about all aspects of this repair before starting to weld it back together. Cowl hits are often misdiagnosed. Because of the unit body the damage will travel through the car causing it to banana or form an arch. It will shorten the wheel base on one side. Just pulling out in the area of damage will not be enough to get the front back in place. a front pull is needed to help with with the stress of the trapped damage. Special attention needs to be paid when checking the center line of the car before, during and after as the car will tend to want to spring back.

You may want to make up some fixtures to hold the cars center line and suspension track before you start to weld. Here is a quick 2 dimensional sketch to show what happens to a unitized chassis when it is side hit. Remember this banana effect carries through on all plains.

Richs thanks, that is why , I pulled the lower first, it hinged on the top a bit, There was an impact with the pole right there cause the crunch area. also the windshield frame is square, but the lower is turned inward towards the back..I am making something to get behind the pinchweld at the base and will pull there should on roll the frame and start easing the creases in the gas tank area.
A little pull, a little hammer, a little pull, a little hammer..

Also , the car still has two major hits to work out so right now Im going for panel fit and major aesthetics, after the others are to that level , I am being careful not to over pull. I will get down to every other dimension. I am going to brace it. and move to the next impact.
not do any assembly welding until that point..